[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/17/2004 9:58:05 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 180257
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
953 PM EST SAT JAN 17 2004

NJZ001-007>010-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-181100-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-
MERCER NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY...

SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL 
LIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ABOUT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST 
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS BERKS COUNTY AND THE WESTERN 
PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS.  

AS A LOW PRESSURES SYSTEM FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
MOVES NORTHEAST EARLY ON SUNDAY...IT WILL BRING IN SOME WARMER AIR 
AS WELL AS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE 
PHILADELPHIA NORTHWEST SUBURBS AND BERKS COUNTY...A WINTRY MIX OF 
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY 
ON SUNDAY. AIR TEMPERATURES MIGHT RISE HIGH ENOUGH TO HAVE 
PRECIPITATION FALL AS JUST RAIN FOR A WHILE. ACROSS THE LEHIGH 
VALLEY AND MOST OF NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET 
AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. IN THE POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW 
JERSEY SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD FALL. 

FINAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE 
POCONOS...BERKS COUNTY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY. 
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ACROSS THE 
PHILADELPHIA NORTHWEST SUBURBS AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY FINAL 
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ABOUT THREE INCHES WITH A CAKING OF SLEET 
AND FREEZING RAIN ON TOP.  

GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. TRAVEL WILL BE 
HAZARDOUS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM 
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. 
 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER 
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. WHILE THE 
WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE 
WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>014-016>027-PAZ070-071-
181100-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-MIDDLESEX NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING... 

SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA AND SHOULD FALL OVERNIGHT.
SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION WAS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE LOWER 
DELMARVA. ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE NIGHT SHOULD AVERAGE ONE TO TWO 
INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.  
AS WARM AIR MOVES IN ALOFT THE CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING WILL 
SPREAD FROM THE LOWER DELMARVA AND SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND WORK ITS 
WAY TOWARD PHILADELPHIA AND THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. 

AS A LOW PRESSURES SYSTEM FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MOVES
NORTHEAST EARLY ON SUNDAY...IT WILL BRING IN SOME WARMER AIR AS WELL
AS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. PLAIN RAIN SHOULD BE FALLING ACROSS
DELMARVA AND SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY AROUND DAYBREAK AND WORK ITS WAY
NORTHWEST TO PHILADELPHIA AND THE NEARBY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS
AND EAST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY DURING THE MORNING. PRIOR TO THE CHANGE
TO PLAIN RAIN...SOME ICY SURFACES WILL OCCUR ON UNTREATED ROADS AND
WALKS DUE TO ALL THE RECENT COLD WEATHER.   
 
GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE CAUTIOUS IF 
TRAVELING DURING THE FREEZING RAIN. UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKS WILL 
BE HAZARDOUS. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM NORTHWEST TO 
SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. 
 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER 
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. WHILE THE 
WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE 
WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.



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